About the Author

Ann Bannon is the author of five books: Odd Girl Out, I am a Woman, Women in the Shadows, Journey to a Woman and Beebo Brinker. At the time her books were published, Bannon was a twenty-something wife and mother who wrote during her spare time.

Reviews

"Bannon was one of a handful of queer pioneers who captured the dramas of lesbian life in fiction, creating emotionally real gay characters in a world that scorned homosexuals as reprehensible deviants." - San Francisco Bay Guardian